Clothes-drier.



R. A. SGHIMANSKI.

CLOTHES DRIER.

APPLICATION FILED APR.14, 1913.

1,126,575. Patented Jan.26,1915.

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R. A. SGHIMANSKI.

CLOTHES DRIER.

APPLICATION IILBD APR.14. 1913.

1,126,575. Patented Jan. 26, 1915.

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UNITE STATES ATFLNT RUDOLF AUGUST SCHIMANSKI, 0F SPOKANE, VTASHINGTON.

CLOTHES-DRIER.

Application filed April 14, 1913.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, RUnoLr AUGUST Scrrumnsm,a citizen of the United States, residing at Spokane, in the county ofSpokane and State of Washington, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Clothes-Briers; and I do hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same.

This invention relates to clothes racks and has particular reference tothat type of such devices employed in drying clothing.

As its principal object this invention aims to provide a clothes rack ofthe suspended type constructed with such regard to pro portion,arrangement and number of parts that it may be readily attached to theceiling of a room and may be manipulated to be drawn up and out of theway when it is not in use, and may be lowered at other times for thepurpose of hanging clothes on the rack.

A still further object of this invention is to simplify the structure ofdevices of the character above described so that they may be cheaplymanufactured and will at the same time be operable and eflicient intheir operation.

The above and additional objects are ac complished by such means as areillustrated in the accompanying drawings, described in the followingspecification and then more particularly pointed out in the claim whichis appended hereto and forms a part of this application.

VV1th reference to the drawings, wherein T have illustrated thepreferred embodiment of my invention as it is reduced to practice, andthroughout the several views of which similar reference numeralsdesignate corre sponding parts: Figure 1 is a front elevationillustrating the rack in its raised position; Fig. 2 is a sideelevation; Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the rack proper; and Fig. 4: isa detail view of the keeper plate employed in holding the cable of thisdevice in its various adjusted positions.

Proceeding now to the description of the drawings, this inventionincludes three main elements, the clothes rack proper, the supportingand adjusting structure therefor, and the keeper plate employed inholding the rack at various elevations. Taking up these three elementsin the order named, the clothes Specification of Letters Patent.

Eatented J an. 26, 1915.

Serial No. 761,020.

rack proper, illustrated in detail in Fig. 3, includes a pair of sidebars 1 and 2, arranged in spaced parallel relation to each other andconnected by a plurality of cross rods 8. The members 1, 2 and 3 may bemade of wood or any other similar and suitable material, although thepreferred embodiment of this invention comprehends the utilization oflight iron rods. As a means for suspending the rack from a cable, whichwill be hereinafter described, there are provided the four upwardly,inwardly and angularly extending attaching rods 1, arranged in thenature of the edges of a pyramid and connected at their upper terminalsby a metallic plate 5 provided with a centrally arranged aperture 6, orany other suitable fastening means adapted to receive the free end ofthe hoisting cable. The plate 5 is also formed with a substantiallysquare opening 7, for a purpose to be hereinafter described.

Coming now to the description of the supporting and adjusting structure,this feature of the invention includes a depending'vertically arrangedsupporting standard 8, secured to the ceiling 9 by a plate 10, havingthe depending spaced plates 11 adapted to receive between their opposedfaces the upper end of the member 8 and to hold it in fixed relationtherebetween by means of bolt screws or rivets 12. The plate 10 may beattached to the ceiling by similar fastening means 13. The upperterminal of the member 8 is spaced from the plate 10 to provide areceiving space for pulley 14, provided with the usual pin 15 journaledin the apertures formed in the plate 11. A flexible cable 16 playsthrough the pulley 14 and is secured at one terminal to the plate 5 bythe tying of a knot 17, as illustrated in the drawings, to prevent thewithdrawal of the cable through the opening 6. In this connection it isto be observed that a ring eyelet or any other suitable fastening meansmay be employed in securing the cable to the plate 5. On thelowerterminal of the member 8 is secured a keeper plate 18, which may beformed of sheet metal and is preferably S-shaped, being bent at eachterminal as at 19 and 20 to produce this conformation. The downwardlybent terminal 20 is bifurcated to produce the tines 21, as illustratedin Fig. 1. The lower portion of the cable 16 is knotted, as at 22, 23and 24, and carries at the extreme terminal a ball member 25,

which may be made of rubber or any other inexpensive material. In theassembled relation of the various parts of this device, the member 8operates through the opening 7 of the plate 5 and between the rods 3adjacent therebeneath. As to the manipulation of the structure inraising and lowering the rack, and holding it in adjusted position, itwill be readily observed that by disengaging one of the knots 23 fromthe plate 18 the rack may be raised or lowered and held at the desiredelevation by again passing the cable between the tines 21, with one ofthe knots 22, 23, 24 or ball 25, in engagement with the under portionsthereof. It is desirable to emphasize the fact that by mounting theplate 5 for a sliding movement, on the member 8, any swinging movementof the rack proper is prevented.

In reduction to practice, I have found that the form of my invention,illustrated in the drawings and referred to inthe above description, asthe preferred embodiment, is the most efficient and practical; yet,realizing that the/conditions concurrent with the adoption of my devicewill necessarily vary, I desire to emphasize the fact that various minorchanges in details of construction, proportion and arrangement of partsmay be resorted to, when required, without sacrificing any of theadvantages of my inventiomas defined in the appended claim.

rods connecting the side bars, upwardly and 1 inwardly extending rodsattached to said side bars, a plate secured to the free ends of theupwardly and inwardly extending rods, said plate having a centralaperture and a square opening near one end, said opening being inparallel relation to the central aperture, a vertical standard, anattaching plate, said plate being adapted to secure said standard to aceiling, a pair of spaced parallel depending arms carried by said plateand secured to said standard at its upper end, the standard beingarranged to extend through the square opening in the plate, a pulleymounted between said spaced depending arms, a cable operating over saidpulley, one end of said cable extending through the central opening inthe plate and being secured therein, providing means for raising andlowering the rack on the standard, a keeper plate carried by the lowerend of said standard and cooperating with the free terminal of the cablein holding the rack in its adjusted position.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

RUDOLF AUGUST SCHIMANSKL Witnesses:

AnoLPH VOLLMANN, G120. E. BLECK.

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